New stream / dev Q&A:
- references (theme, influences) wing commander: privateer, Cowboy Beebop, first game, westerns, GTA
- hats!
- difficulties (up to no flight assist, first person only)
- assists to help people in, but you can go sim
- open world, with storyline
- markets / planets not procedural, so you can find say trade routes
- side missions and encounters do RNG
- bar games
- merc and merchant guilds
- you can go pirate
- 7 radio stations (classical, pop/EDM, country, metal, latin, backbeat, dynamic-game, custom)
- photo and film modes
- buddies can be recruited t help out
- no PSVR
- no ship painting for consoles
- release schedule is PC, consoles, mod kit, free DLC (bug fixing along the way obviously). Digital only at the mo.
He's drinking a bunch of whiskey, so looks progressively less inhibited as the video goes on
Gotta love indies, without all the marketing "messaging" and other corporate concern. Just 5 people apparently, not including voice actors etc.